Bath-cabinet.



R. EISHER & (I A. YOUNG. BATH CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JUNBZQ, 1911.

Patented Jan. 9, 1912.

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R. FISHER & G. A. YOUNG.

BATH CABINET.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 29, 1911.

Patented Jan. 9, 1912.

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RUDOLPH FISHER AND CHARLES A. YOUNG, OF POR'ILAND, OREGON.

BATH-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9, 1912.

Application filed June 29, 1911. Serial No. 635,980.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, RUDOLPH Frsnnn and CHARLES A. YOUNG, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah andState of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBath-Cabinets; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to baths and closets and more especially tobathing apparatus for giving various kinds of baths; and the object ofthe same is to construct a simple and cheap cabinet of this characterhaving ossibilities for giving a luke-warm or steam bath and for laterrinsing or spraying with water at a lower temperature.

This and other objects are accomplished by the construction hereinaftermore fully described and claimed and as shown in the drawings whereinFigure 1 is a side elevation of the device,

complete; Fig. 2 is a similar view, with the doors swung open; Fig. 3 isa longitudinal sectional view; Fig. 4 is a transverse section on theline 4-4 of Fig. 3.

This improved bath cabinet comprises the heating mechanism, a bed abovethe same, and a body above the bed, and in our preferred form the bodycarries a superimposed tank for containing cooler water so that the usermay be sprayed or showered after bathing.

Referring now to the drawings by reference numerals, 1 designates thelegs supporting a pan 2 which is preferably of metal and rather shallowand may have an outlet faucet 3 for drawing off the water containedtherein when desired. Beneath the pan may be disposed a metal shield 4to retain the heat generated by a heater (gas or otherwise, not shown)which passes upward through a shell 5 at the center of the bottom of theshield and is applied directly beneath the bottom of a water boiler 6supported on or over said shell, after heating which the products ofcombustion escape through holes 50 into the shield and heat the bottomof the entire pan 2 if desired and are passed 05 through exits 60forming no material part of the present invention. From the top of theboiler 6 a pipe 7 leads upward through but out of communication with thepan 2, and into a diffuser which is here shown as a triangular steampipe 8 extending throughout the length of the pan and havingperforations 9 in its top. Hence the water is converted into steamwithin the boiler 6, and the steam rises through the pipe 7 and flowsalong the diffuser 8, passing out at perforations 9 and upward throughthe bed which we will next describe.

Supported by cross strips 10 within the pan is a bed comprisinglongitudinal slats whereof the body portions or halves are fixed as at11 and the other portions or halves 12 are hinged as at 13 to said bodyportions, project through an opening 29 in the headboard and carry ahead rest 14 which may be raised or lowered as indicated in the severalpositions shown in Fig. 2. Any suitable mechanism may be employed forholding the head-portion of the bed raised, such as holes 15 formed in afixed portion of the body and a plug 16 adapted to be inserted into anyof said holes as will be clear. It is-obvious that the vapor and steamrising from the pipe 8 or pan 2 will pass between the slats and escapeinto the cabinet, whereas the water sprayed or sprinkled upon the userwill pass downward between the slats into the pan and may be drawn offat 3. i

The body of this improved cabinet comprises a fixed rear side 20 risingabove the rear side strip 10 along the rear edge of pan 2, a fixed footboard 21, a fixed head board made in two panels 28 separated by anopening 29 as best seen in Fig. 4, a cover comprising a door 23 hingedat 22 to the foot board 21 and a top door 27 hinged at 26 to the freeedge of the door 23, and a front side 24 hinged at 25 to the front sidestrip 10 so that it may be let down as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4and in full lines in Fig. 2. When so let down, whet-her the doors are orare not opened, it is obvious that the user may enter through the frontside after which the doors are closed so as to retain as much of thevapor and steam as possible within the body while he is taking a vaporbath. For rinsing or showering purposes a tank 30 may be supported uponthe fixed rear side 20 and can be filled with cold or' luke-warm waterthrough its top or through lows: The front side 24 and the door 23 hav-'ing been opened, the user enters the body and these hinged parts areclosed. A 'cer-" tain amount of water having first been put into theboiler 6, the heater (not shown) is placed beneath the shell 5 and heatis sent through it and heats the bottom of the boiler and also passesthrough the holes 50 and heats the space within the shield 4L and hencethe bottom of the pan 2. Steam rising from the water in the boiler 6,ascends through the pipe 7 and passes into the steam pipe 8, whence itissues through the perforations 9 and passes upward through the slats onwhich the user lies. It is obvious that by controlling the heat and bysupplying more water to the boiler 6 when that -first put therein'hasbeen converted into steam and used, the bath may be continued as long asdesired. It is also obvious that if the heat be still further increased,its passage through the shield 4 beneath the pan 2 to the exits may bemade to heat the water within the pan to such an extent that it will beconverted into steam, and that also will rise through the slats on whichthe user lies. Ordinarily, however, the function of the pan 2 is tocollect the water which condenses within the cabinet or which issprayedupon the patient. Any kind of water may be used, natural or mineral, andto it may be added such medicaments as desired. The

steam and vapor ascending through the slats, surrounds the user andescapes out the opening 29. This step may be continued as long asdesired, and afterward if it is desired to spray the user with lukewarmor cold water, treated with medicaments or not as preferred, the same isplaced within the tank 30 and permitted to flow out of the faucet 32through a hose (not shown) having a nozzle by means of which it ISdirected onto and over the user, and the water falling into the pan 2may be drawn off at 3. Obviously the heat may be left turned on whollyor partly during this operation, or not as preferred; and obviously thewater in the tank 30 may be used for .bathing or rinsing whether thesteam be employed or not. Finally the user emerges from the body byopening one or both the doors in a manner which will be clear.

We do not confine ourselves to the details of construction or to theproportions and materials of parts.

What is claimed as new is:

1. In a bath cabinet, the combination wit a slatted bed, and a bodyrising above the same and having folding doors; of a tank carried by theupper portion of the body for containing a cooling liquid to be sprayedupon the patient, a pan extending below and co-extensive with said bed,steam generating mechanism located below said pan, a shield 2. In a bathcabinet, the combination with --a slatted bed, and a body rising abovethe same and having folding doors; of a tank carried by the upperportion of the body for containing a cooling liquid to be sprayeduponthe patient, a pan extending below and coextensive with said bed, anoutlet from said pan, a water boiler located beneath and in contact withthe bottom of the pan but out of communication with it, a perforatedpipe between the pan and bedbottom, and 1 connections between saidboiler and pipe.

8. In a bath cabinet, the combination with a slatted bed, and a bodyrising above the same and having folding doors; of a tank carried by theupper portion of the body for 7 containing a cooling liquid to besprayed upon the patient, a pan extending below and co-extensive withsaid bed, an outlet from said pan, a water boiler located beneath and incont-act with the bottom of the pan but' out of communication with it, aperforated pipe between the pan and bed bottom, connections between saidboiler and pipe, a heat collecting shell beneath said boiler and havingoutlets, and a shield surrounding the shell and extending to the edgesof the pan and itself having heat exits.

4. In a bath cabinet, the combination with a slatted bed, and a bodysurrounding it and having folding doors; of a pan extending beneath andco-extensive with said bed and having an outlet, a triangular pipelocated within but out of communication with said pan and havingperforations in its upper side beneath said bed,- a boiler locatedbeneath and in contact with the bottom of the pan and connected with theinterior of said perforated pipe, and means for directing the heat tothe bottom of the boiler and to the bottom of the pan.

5. In a bath cabinet, the combination with a slatted bed, and a bodysurrounding it and having folding doors; of a pan extending beneath andco-extensive with said bed and having an outlet, a triangular pipelocated pan and connected With the interior of said set our hands inpresence of two subscribperforated pipe, a shell beneath the boiler, ingWitnesses.

and a shield surrounding the shell and co- RUDOLPH FISHER. extensivewith the pan, the shell having CHARLES A. YOUNG. 5 heat-openings intothe shield and the shield Witnesses:

having heat-exits around its edges. R. J. Loonwoon,

In testimony whereof We have hereunto EARL R. CARPENTER.

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